THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Judge a CEO not by their answers, but by the nature of their questions (with apologies to Voltaire).
So how do you ensure you’re asking good questions?
Whether you are a CEO embarking on a new leadership journey or a seasoned pro, these 10 questions can help you

Have you ever designed something? Perhaps a new kitchen, a wardrobe for a new season, a meal?
A design is a plan, a drawing, a blueprint, a draft. It’s an intentional expression of your imagination.
Good designs start as good ideas, and then lead to projects that

ASAE held its third annual Xperience Design Project (XDP) event this month, and once again challenged association executives and meeting planners to rethink the way they create memorable experiences for attendees of their conferences, trade shows, and annual meetings.
Here are the highlights from this year’s

In my experience, boards of directors that serve association and professional societies show up as one of these three archetypes:
Noblesse Oblige. This type of board is devoted to serving as stewards for the members they have been elected to serve. As the definition suggests,

The old adage of “we are what we eat” is being challenged today by the micro-diet, customized-nutrition, and personalized genetic profiling now available.
Conventional diets made for the masses that prescribe a set of foods, calories, proteins, carbs and all the rest may become as obsolete as wired home phones.
Science

Just three short years ago, a 40-year-old, long-standing event called Springtime in the Park was retired. This was a well-known and mostly well-regarded trade show hosted by ASAE.
And yet ASAE, and specifically its leadership, knew it was time for a change—a fresh approach, a new

The Black Eyed Peas said it best in their song “Where Is the Love?”: “I think they all distracted by the drama and attracted to the trauma.”
My thoughts today aren’t only about how we are somehow drawn to the negative, the dramatic and the distractions

Every action we take in life, every step of every day, each activity, each interaction is an act of doing. Once it’s done, it becomes something that we completed, lived, endured, enjoyed—something we experienced.
Most of our lives' daily experiences are rote, predictable

This week we're featuring another article from Forbes. Hope you enjoy.
Like many of you, I took time off over the holidays and changed my environment. This recent journey was busier than usual for me—I traveled to different continents, countries and cities.
I began the trip with my

This article originally appeared in Forbes. For more on COI, here's another blog I wrote about the topic.
Most of us don’t change unless we are on the brink of calamity or are inspired by and drawn to a new vision for the future. Said another